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The other park, not far up the coast, was as perky and clean-cut as a barbershop quartet, painted the colors of sand and sky, with shipshape and jaunty ocean-inspired adventures, and zippy, futuristic, razzle-dazzle rides.

But there is a catch: Taxpayers are paying millions to keep the yachts shipshape.

You can even stay in the lighthouse through its “Keeper Program,” in which volunteers help keep the lighthouse shipshape for visitors to enjoy.

Last fall, the event was postponed because of a leak in the baptistery — discovered when water began dripping down the walls in the hallway below — but on this night it was in shipshape condition.

Kim and I got dressed and made our gear look shipshape.